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Tire flies off car after lug nuts tampered with
NANAIMO - Drivers are urged to check the lug nuts of their tires before driving. Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien said there are two reported incidents of lug nuts being loosened at cars parked in...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 12, 2021
‘We’re back:’ public health greenlights abridged BCHL season
NANAIMO - A shortened BCHL season will begin the first week of April. The Provincial Health Office accepted the league’s return to play model under it’s COVID-19 safety plan with a full sc...
Dan Marshall Mar 12, 2021
VIDEO: Chopper delivers hiking bridge to Benson Creek Falls Regional Park
NANAIMO - Installing a bridge to properly connect Benson Creek Falls Regional Park (BCFRP) was anything but ordinary. Thick stands of trees crowding a narrow gorge forced the Regional District of Nana...
Ian Holmes Mar 12, 2021
First restrictions ease, outdoor gatherings up to 10 allowed
NANAIMO - British Columbians have been given the all clear for small safe outdoor social gatherings. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday, March 11 announced outdoor get-togethers of...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 11, 2021
SD68 Board narrowly votes down enhanced mask mandate for grade six, seven students
NANAIMO - Trustees for School District 68 narrowly opted against extending provincial health orders on mask usage to grade six and seven students in the region. On Feb. 4, the province updated its ord...
Alex Rawnsley Mar 11, 2021
Nanaimo’s active transportation: how we got here, contentious projects & what’s to come
NANAIMO - Active transportation is centre stage for the City’s vision of what Nanaimo will become over the next 20 years. The addition of bike lanes and improved pedestrian infrastructure has dr...
Alex Rawnsley Mar 11, 2021
Cedar elementary added back to Island Health COVID-19 school exposure list
NANAIMO - Cedar elementary has experienced another series of COVID-19 exposure events. School District 68 confirmed in a Wednesday night tweet, the school had two exposure events on March 8 and 10. As...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 10, 2021
Nanaimo’s Dylan Coghlan lands hat trick with Vegas Golden Knights
NANAIMO - What started as his first NHL goal for a Nanaimo defenseman turned into a memorable night for the rookie. Dylan Coghlan with the Vegas Golden Knights netted all three goals for Knights in th...
Spencer Sterritt Mar 10, 2021
Nearly 12,000 people given first COVID-19 vaccine dose in last 24 hours
NANAIMO - B.C.’s shift away from second doses of COVID-19 vaccine is in full swing. Ahead of the opening of mass vaccination clinics on March 15, the province said it had administered 355,340 do...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 10, 2021
Herring roe fishery opens in Strait of Georgia
NANAIMO - Fleets of fishing boats are in the waters throughout the Strait of Georgia for the annual commercial herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia. Fisheries and Oceans Canada confirmed the annua...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 10, 2021